How To Install sssd-common on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install sssd-common on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is sssd-common
sssd-common is:
Provides a set of daemons to manage access to remote directories and authentication mechanisms. It provides an NSS and PAM interface toward the system and a pluggable backend system to connect to multiple different account sources. It is also the basis to provide client auditing and policy services for projects like FreeIPA.
This package provides the daemon and other common files needed by the authentication back ends.
Package: sssd-common Architecture: amd64 Version: 2.2.3-3ubuntu0.1 Priority: extra Section: utils Source: sssd Origin: Ubuntu Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers [email protected] Original-Maintainer: Debian SSSD Team [email protected] Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug Installed-Size: 4844 Depends: python3, python3-sss, libc-ares2 (>= 1.7.0), libc6 (>= 2.28), libdbus-1-3 (>= 1.9.16), libdhash1 (>= 0.4.0), libglib2.0-0 (>= 2.12.0), libini-config5 (>= 0.6.0), libkeyutils1 (>= 1.4), libkrb5-3 (>= 1.11+dfsg), libldap-2.4-2 (>= 2.4.15), libldb2 (>= 0.9.21), libnfsidmap2, libnl-3-200 (>= 3.2.7), libnl-route-3-200 (>= 3.2.7), libnspr4 (>= 2:4.9-2~), libnss3 (>= 2:3.31), libpam0g (>= 0.99.7.1), libpcre3, libpopt0 (>= 1.14), libref-array1 (>= 0.4.0), libselinux1 (>= 1.32), libsemanage1 (>= 2.0.3), libsss-certmap0 (>= 2.2.3), libsss-idmap0 (>= 2.2.3), libsss-nss-idmap0 (>= 2.2.3), libsystemd0, libtalloc2 (>= 2.0.4~git20101213), libtdb1 (>= 1.2.7+git20101214), libtevent0 (>= 0.9.13), adduser Recommends: bind9-host, libnss-sss, libpam-sss, libsss-sudo Suggests: apparmor, sssd-tools Breaks: sssd (« 1.10.0~beta2-1), sssd-krb5-common (« 1.13.1-1) Replaces: sssd (« 1.10.0~beta2-1), sssd-krb5-common (« 1.13.1-1) Filename: pool/main/s/sssd/sssd-common_2.2.3-3ubuntu0.1_amd64.deb Size: 1028852 MD5sum: 252f0d6ccb46c954d1963af527516247 SHA1: 80c091c041871585b3a28d6022f0fde6c4f1beaa SHA256: 53f93b6495b296b514be49d8480c05ebc2bf0ad54550bff97b6d08c9c15b5b1d SHA512: 6a831fb32fa91a967777e280d3eab13b91efdffa60b129ce3f98d61d5e06778b5188c566f02473419ff60cd99d014ab09e1275bd2b552f247c9ed126c5f3214e Homepage: https://github.com/SSSD/sssd Description-en: System Security Services Daemon – common files Provides a set of daemons to manage access to remote directories and authentication mechanisms. It provides an NSS and PAM interface toward the system and a pluggable backend system to connect to multiple different account sources. It is also the basis to provide client auditing and policy services for projects like FreeIPA.
This package provides the daemon and other common files needed by the authentication back ends.
Package: sssd-common Architecture: amd64 Version: 2.2.3-3 Priority: extra Section: utils Source: sssd Origin: Ubuntu Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers [email protected] Original-Maintainer: Debian SSSD Team [email protected] Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug Installed-Size: 4844 Depends: python3, python3-sss, libc-ares2 (>= 1.7.0), libc6 (>= 2.28), libdbus-1-3 (>= 1.9.16), libdhash1 (>= 0.4.0), libglib2.0-0 (>= 2.12.0), libini-config5 (>= 0.6.0), libkeyutils1 (>= 1.4), libkrb5-3 (>= 1.11+dfsg), libldap-2.4-2 (>= 2.4.15), libldb2 (>= 0.9.21), libnfsidmap2, libnl-3-200 (>= 3.2.7), libnl-route-3-200 (>= 3.2.7), libnspr4 (>= 2:4.9-2~), libnss3 (>= 2:3.31), libpam0g (>= 0.99.7.1), libpcre3, libpopt0 (>= 1.14), libref-array1 (>= 0.4.0), libselinux1 (>= 1.32), libsemanage1 (>= 2.0.3), libsss-certmap0 (>= 2.2.3), libsss-idmap0 (>= 2.2.3), libsss-nss-idmap0 (>= 2.2.3), libsystemd0, libtalloc2 (>= 2.0.4~git20101213), libtdb1 (>= 1.2.7+git20101214), libtevent0 (>= 0.9.13), adduser Recommends: bind9-host, libnss-sss, libpam-sss, libsss-sudo Suggests: apparmor, sssd-tools Breaks: sssd (« 1.10.0~beta2-1), sssd-krb5-common (« 1.13.1-1) Replaces: sssd (« 1.10.0~beta2-1), sssd-krb5-common (« 1.13.1-1) Filename: pool/main/s/sssd/sssd-common_2.2.3-3_amd64.deb Size: 1028864 MD5sum: b6a7364f8b42480e6e6e47178b001ae3 SHA1: dcf658c9a52f16b9b085830bc1e40f304b18fabc SHA256: 5f3f1d11f5a35e2b43193407d1a121892ce09355a4b404f2b234f75acaff74cb Homepage: https://github.com/SSSD/sssd Description-en: System Security Services Daemon – common files Provides a set of daemons to manage access to remote directories and authentication mechanisms. It provides an NSS and PAM interface toward the system and a pluggable backend system to connect to multiple different account sources. It is also the basis to provide client auditing and policy services for projects like FreeIPA.
This package provides the daemon and other common files needed by the authentication back ends.
There are three methods to install sssd-common on Ubuntu 20.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install sssd-common Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install sssd-common using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install sssd-common
Install sssd-common Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install sssd-common using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install sssd-common
Install sssd-common Using aptitude
If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install sssd-common using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install sssd-common
How To Uninstall sssd-common on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the sssd-common package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove sssd-common
Uninstall sssd-common And Its Dependencies
To uninstall sssd-common and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove sssd-common
Remove sssd-common Configurations and Data
To remove sssd-common configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge sssd-common
Remove sssd-common configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove sssd-common configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge sssd-common
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install sssd-common package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.